A Solemn Appeal - James White

eason in regard to their labor. They should not
exhaust their energies unnecessarily, for by doing
this, they not only bring suffering upon
themselves,but, by their errors, bring anxiety,
weariness, and suffering, upon those they love.
What calls for such an amount of labor?
Intemperance in eating and in drinking, and the
desire for wealth, have led to this intemperance in
labor. If the appetite is controlled, and that food
only which is healthful be taken, there will be so
great a saving of expense, that men and women
will not be compelled to labor beyond their
strength, and thus violate the laws of health. The
desire of men and women to accumulate property
is not sinful, if, in their efforts to attain their object,
they do not forget God, and transgress the last six
precepts of Jehovah, which dictate the duty of man
to his fellow-man, and place themselves in a
position where it is impossible for them to glorify
God in their bodies and spirits which are his. If, in
their haste to be rich, they overtax their energies
and violate the laws of their being, they place
themselves in a condition where they cannot render
to God perfect service, and are pursuing a course of
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